TEAM GB's gold medal in men's team sprint will stand despite Philip Hindes admitting he deliberately crashed to gain a restart, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have said.

Philip Hindes sits on the ground after deliberately crashing at the velodrome []

Hindes, along with teammates Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, beat France in the final with a world record time of 42.6sec, but the 19-year-old said afterwards he had crashed on purpose during the heats so that the race could be restarted.

IOC communications director Mark Adams said today that there was no reason to question the result despite Hindes admitting the crash was a ploy.

The German-born rider, who joined British Cycling's academy in October 2010, admitted his tactic, stating: "We were saying if we have a bad start we need to crash to get a restart.

"I just crashed, I did it on purpose to get a restart, just to have the fastest ride. I did it. So it was all planned"